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My Take
Moe Howard is one of those comedians whose genius hides behind apparent chaos. As the bowl-cut leader and straight man of The Three Stooges, he was the organizing intelligence of an act that survived vaudeville, film and television across four decades. People badly underrate how much cold precision goes into making slapstick land that consistently. The eye-pokes and head-slaps look anarchic, but the timing is almost mathematical, and someone had to be the steady hand steering it all. I have a deep affection for comedy this physical and this disciplined, and Moe sits very near the foundation of the whole tradition.
Overview
Moe Howard (born Moses Harry Horwitz; June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975) was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader and straight man of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures, short films, and television for four decades. The group started out as Ted Healy and His Stooges, an act that toured the vaudeville circuit.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Moe Howard
- Name (Japanese)
- モー・ハワード
- Reading
- もー・はわーど
- Born
- June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Rooster
- Origin
- Bensonhurst, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / television actor / film actor / screenwriter / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Erasmus Hall High School
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.